FUNCINPEC

FUNCINPEC is a centrist political party in Cambodia that was founded on 21 March 1981 by Norodom Sihanouk in a bid to restore the monarchy of the former Kingdom of Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 during the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. It fought against the Khmer Rouge, and in 1991 it became an official political party of Cambodia, and the party's leader Norodom Ranariddh briefly served as President in 1997-1998 before Hun Sen and former Khmer Rouge guerrillas ousted him in a coup.